Example sentences of "[prep] the two [noun pl] [unc] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brigade officers said that but for the two men 's prompt action the woman almost certainly would have died . |
| 2 | Mr Hopkins , who was a baker , saved rations and made Christmas cakes for the two men 's bereaved families in America . |
| 3 | In an interspecies cross like the mule one would always expect marked differences between the two parents ' white cell antigens , and on the analogy with humans , habitual abortions should be rare . |
| 4 | British Telecom says it plans to develop links between the two companies ' local network management systems — Hewlett-Packard 's OpenView and Sun 's SunNet Manager , and its own Concert system — and chose those two companies as its first partners because it believes that between them they control about 60% of the local network management market . |
| 5 | British Telecom says it plans to develop links between the two companies ' local network management systems — Hewlett-Packard 's OpenView and Sun 's SunNet Manager , and its own Concert system — and chose those two companies as its first partners because it believes that between them they control about 60% of the local network management market . |
| 6 | The Washington Post of Feb. 12 reported that Arens made a request for greater US-Israeli co-ordination , including sharing of so-called " friend-or-foe " recognition codes to avoid conflict between the two countries ' military aircraft in the event of Israel entering the conflict . |
| 7 | Talks were also held between the two countries ' Foreign Ministers , who discussed the Cambodian question , and between the Ministers of Economic Relations and Trade . |
| 8 | The North Korean Premier also proposed the installation of a communications link between the two sides ' military commands , the formation of a joint military group to discuss border disputes and the provision for on-site inspections to ensure that the arms agreement was observed . |
| 9 | All payments between Kazakhstan and Russia have to pass through the two countries ' central banks . |
| 10 | In her 15-minute speech she spoke of the two countries ' shared ideals , including democracy , stability and a rejection of the power which " grows from the barrel of a gun " . |
| 11 | He convened a group within the cabinet to wrest control of Japan 's end of the two countries ' Structural Impediments Initiative ( SII ) talks from the civil servants . |
| 12 | In the area of defence , the foremost claimant for government funds in time of war , the picture available of the two belligerents ' military machines , like that of their finances , is not always very clear . |
| 13 | The period of the two painters ' great intimacy and of their unique collaboration was about to begin . |
| 14 | The apocalyptic character of the two sides ' respective visions of what the other 's victory would mean offered graphic proof of their inability to coexist . |
| 15 | The course of the war between the Madrid stalemate and the beginning of 1938 clearly illustrates some of the two sides ' military strengths and weaknesses . |
| 16 | In a speech delivered on Nov. 16 Zhu indicated that China was fully prepared to link its dispute with the UK over Hong Kong with the two countries ' future economic relations . |
| 17 | The main item on the agenda will be reduction of troop numbers along the two countries ' common border . |
| 18 | On the night of May 22-23 seven Latvian as well as four Lithuanian customs posts were destroyed along the two republics ' common border . |
| 19 | The war , which arose over the two countries ' rival ambitions in Manchuria and Korea , was widely regarded in Russia as the product of intrigue at court and among a handful of entrepreneurs , and aroused little patriotic enthusiasm . |
| 20 | Vice-President Augustus Aikhomu on July 17 ruled out the possibility of war with Cameroon over the two neighbours ' long-running border dispute . |
| 21 | The classic source for data on the two belligerents ' respective financial positions , the IMF 's International Financial Statistics , does not present a complete picture . |
| 22 | Without binoculars Trent could decipher the POLICE signs on the two Land-Rovers ' front doors as the sharp bends in the track forced the drivers broadside to the cabin . |
| 23 | Gorbachev , at the two leaders ' concluding press conference , described the summit as an ‘ event of enormous importance for our bilateral relations ’ and added that one could now speak of a ‘ new phase of cooperation ’ between the two countries . |
| 24 | A clear difference between Smith and Gould on the question of trade union influence emerged at the two men 's rival press conferences on Tuesday . |
| 25 | It is a difference which is shown , first of all , by the two authors ' contrasting portraits of relations between the generations . |